'Verdandi'

'All begins with a single thread,wound on the spindle of a revolving cosmos held in the lap of women,spinning the destiny of the world into being...'   Plato.

I've been really busy completing two pieces for the Spring Fling Pop-Up Taster weekend (29-31 March) with the Launch Event on the 28th March,all at at Gracefield Arts Centre ,Dumfries.All pre-cursors to the Open Studio event which takes place across Dumfries & Galloway on the late May Bank holiday weekend of 25-27 May.

Urd,Skuld & Verdandi are the Three Norns ( or Fates)who live by the Well of Urdr at the base of Yggdrasil.
In the Norse poem Voluspa,a seeress sings the story of the world using poetry in weaving,spinning,lacing & binding the stories.....These are the activities of the Norns,spinners of destiny.

My new work entitled 'Verdandi'is a box-work incorporating 4 panels.The above is a detail of 2 of the smaller panels.

 This panel is mod roc adhered to hessian & mounted on plywood.The spirals symbolize the threads of destiny & are here yet to be painted.The beads are Egyptian paste.
I'll put up an image of the completed piece  soon....when the Taster Exhibition opens.....